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PRONUNCIATION OF WOOD ALCOHOL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOOD ALCOHOL

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Wood alcohol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WOOD ALCOHOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wood alcohol

Methanol

Methyl alcohol Methyl hydrate Methyl hydroxide Methylic alcohol Methylol Wood alcohol Identifiers CAS number 67-56-1 Y PubChem 887 ChemSpider 864 Y UNII Y4S76JWI15 Y EC number 200-659-6 UN number 1230 KEGG D02309 Y MeSH Methanol ChEBI CHEBI:17790 Y ChEMBL CHEMBL14688 Y RTECS number PC1400000 Beilstein Reference 1098229 Gmelin Reference 449 3DMet B01170 Jmol-3D images Image 1 SMILES CO InChI InChI=1S/CH4O/c1-2/h2H,1H3 Y Key: OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y InChI=1/CH4O/c1-2/h2H,1H3 Key: OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYAX Properties Molecular formula CH4O Molar mass 32.04 g mol−1 Appearance Colorless liquid Density 0.7918 g/cm3 Melting point −97.6 °C (−143.7 °F; 175.6 K) Boiling point 64.7 °C (148.5 °F; 337.8 K) log P -0.69 Vapor pressure 13.02 kPa (at 20 °C) Acidity (pKa) 15.5 Refractive index (nD) 1.33141 Viscosity 5.9×10−4 Pa s (at 20 °C) Dipole moment 1.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOOD ALCOHOL

wood
wood anemone
wood ant
wood avens
wood betony
wood block
wood carving
wood coal
wood duck
wood engraver
wood engraving
wood hedgehog
wood hyacinth
wood ibis
wood melic
wood melick
wood nymph
wood opal
wood owl
wood pigeon

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOOD ALCOHOL

absolute alcohol
alcohol
allyl alcohol
amyl alcohol
antialcohol
blood alcohol
Bohol
bornyl alcohol
butyl alcohol
denatured alcohol
dihydric alcohol
ethyl alcohol
grain alcohol
isopropyl alcohol
lauryl alcohol
low-alcohol
methyl alcohol
polyalcohol
rubbing alcohol
thioalcohol
trihydric alcohol

Synonyms and antonyms of wood alcohol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wood alcohol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOOD ALCOHOL

Find out the translation of wood alcohol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wood alcohol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wood alcohol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木精
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alcohol de madera
570 millions of speakers

English

wood alcohol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी शराब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كحول الخشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

древесный спирт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

álcool de madeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠের মদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alcool de bois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alkohol kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holzgeist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木精
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 알코올
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kayu alkohol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rượu gỗ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரம் ஆல்கஹால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाकडी अल्कोहोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

odun alkolü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alcol metilico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alkohol drewna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деревне спирт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alcool lemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξυλόπνευμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hout alkohol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trä alkohol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tresprit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wood alcohol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD ALCOHOL»

The term «wood alcohol» is normally little used and occupies the 112.441 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD ALCOHOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wood alcohol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD ALCOHOL»

Discover the use of wood alcohol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wood alcohol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Free Alcohol: Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means ...
Cost of wood alcohol used by you for period of five years ending December 31, 1900. 2. Cost of wood alcohol used by you for period ending December 31, 1905. 3. 'Cost of wood alcohol used by you. From September 1, 1903, to December 1, ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, 1906
2
Alcohol in the Manufactures and Arts: Report of the Joint ...
refining wood alcohol is steadily improving. We are making a pure methyl alcohol which positively does not affect the eyes of the workmen, no matter how it is used. The cost of making pure methyl alcohol is great, and the wholesale price we ...
United States. Congress. Joint select committee on alcohol in the manufactures and arts, Orville Hitchcock Platt, 1897
3
Popular Mechanics
Wood alcohol is made by heating wood in the absence of air, under which conditions vapors are given off and charcoal left behind. This process is called dry distillation. The vapors are cooled and condensed to a liquid. This liquid is separated ...
4
Official Report of Debates, House of Commons
but the American manufacturers of wood alcohol are selling tbe crude alcobol In Germany at thirty-seven cents per gallon and refined wood alcohol is sold In Germany at 63 cents per gallon. But our Inland Revenue Department is paying ...
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
5
Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews
REPORT ON WOOD ALCOHOL. Through the courtesy of Dr. Charles Baskerville, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Laboratory of the College of the City of New York, the editor has had an opportunity to examine a voluminous report ...
Benjamin Lillard, 1913
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Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine
And throughout the book, Braun takes us on many engaging factual sidetrips--we learn, for instance, that Theodore Roosevelt coined the phrase "Good to the last drop" used by Maxwell House ever since; that distances between Tibetan villages ...
Stephen Braun, 1996
7
Annual Report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of the ...
Other flavoring pa-eparations containing methyl (wood) alcohol. I Labels. Manufacturer. Result of examination. Labora tory Number '6225 DeBoe-s Double Concentrated Extract Vanilla . . . . . . . . . . . . De Boe, King & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich .
Michigan. Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1905
8
Railway Master Mechanic
Consulted authority tells that the high-grade wood alcohol is professionally used internally in the practice of medicine ; also that the contact danger of pure wood spirits to the flesh can be greatly exaggerated which, if facts, should caution us as  ...
‎1906
9
Popular Science
Above: Typical still (50-gallon capacity) with which bootleggers' chemists try to " cook" the wood alcohol out of industrial alcohol. Federal prohibition officers capture as many as 170,000 of these in a single year MACHINE GUN The driver of this ...
10
Bulletin ...
cology of wood alcohol, Charles Baskerville* refers to the following reported cases of poisoning from the use of this substance: “Case No. 5 (193). A painter, age 39, used wood alcohol to wash varnish from hands every day after work. " Result: ...
Paint Manufacturers' Association of the United States. Educational Bureau. Scientific Section, 1913

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD ALCOHOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wood alcohol is used in the context of the following news items.
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1914: Wood alcohol deaths in Bristol
THIRTEEN DEAD FROM DRINKING WOOD ALCOHOL. — Headline from November 1914 newspaper. The following is the story behind the above headline. «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Aug 14»
2
'Do You Have Any Wood Alcohol?' The Best Lines From 'The League'
Well, they can't all be “Bobbum Man.” Last night's episode of The League, “The Bringer Show,” was probably the weakest episode of the season, though it was ... «Uproxx, Oct 13»
3
In Cuba Over 50 Poisoned After Drinking Wood Alcohol, 7 Die
Seven people died this week and 46 others were poisoned after drinking methyl, or wood, alcohol sold illegally in a Havana neighborhood, state-run television ... «Hispanically Speaking News, Jul 13»
4
How Can Drinking Too Much Cause You To Go Blind?
Methanol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, can damage the optic nerve and even kill you in high concentrations. During Prohibition ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 12»
5
Briton among 25 'killed by home-made alcohol in Indonesia'
Methanol, also known as wood alcohol, can be used for fuel and is an ... Alcohol is heavily taxed in Indonesia, the world's most-populous Muslim nation, and the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 09»

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